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(NOTE TO EDITORS: The following episode of THE BIG BANG THEORY has been substituted for the one previously scheduled for July 28) --

WHEN THE GUYS BUY A TIME MACHINE, PENNY'S REACTION FORCES LEONARD TO TAKE A HARD LOOK AT HIS LIFE, ON A REBROADCAST OF "THE BIG BANG THEORY," MONDAY, JULY 28

"The Nerdvana Annihilation (formerly know as The Nerdmabelia Scattering)" - When Leonard and the guys buy a time machine prop from a classic 1960 movie, its arrival creates problems for Penny and she tells the boys that their obsession with comics and toys is "pathetic," on a rebroadcast of THE BIG BANG THEORY, Monday, July 28 (8:00-8:30 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. (Originally broadcast 4/28/08; previously scheduled for an earlier date)